Driver killed when car runs off 710 Freeway in Pasadena

PASADENA - A driver was killed late Wednesday night when his car ran off the southbound 710 Freeway, hit a bridge rail, a stop sign and a curb.

Ed Winter, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, identified the driver as Joshua Andrew Wilkins, 27, of Los Angeles. The autopsy is pending.

The fatal collision happened at 11:20 p.m.

A 2002 Honda Accord was traveling at an unknown speed on the Colorado Boulevard off-ramp of the southbound 710 Freeway. California Highway Patrol Sgt. Mike Munoz said the off-ramp turns into Maple Street.

As the car headed south on the Colorado Boulevard exit, CHP Officer Conley said the driver “made an unsafe turning movement to the right.”

The driver lost control of the car which caused it to veer to the right and leave the road, according to Conley. (The officer’s first name wasn’t given in the statement released to the media.)

He said the Accord hit a concrete bridge rail, went across the sidewalk and collided with a wooden stop sign posted at the end of the Maple Street off-ramp.

The car continued through the Maple Street intersection and hit a curb.

Pasadena firefighters pronounced the driver dead at the scene at 11:49 p.m.

CHP said the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the CHP Altadena Area Office at 626-296-8100.